The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-18
Hamiltou-fsambreli Trial s Continued

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Hamilton and Eubanks gotinfo he earriag &c
: Didn't know exactly where they sat Saw
!. both in buggy before they got to bridge.
Didn't know when they got out.
Cross-Examined: When did Hamilton
2 and Eubanks get out Don't know.
) what made III m get out .sThe first
shot This shot came from witness LETT
side as he came on the bridge First found
, out they had quit the buggy when he
stopped the horse, who was startled by the
firing. Just before tneY reached the bridge
; he was talking about getting some grub
when the pistol fired and cut of the con-
versation. Witness didn't know Gam
breH
Redirect Examinafion.-The horse al
ways checks up when he gets 10 bridge At
ter fire he broke and run. Stopped at post
Office. Turned and looked around. Nobody
came TO carriage and asked him three
/ times what mat shooting was about. Man
said what was this; he answered didn'f
know. Didn't see Mckee. Eabanks got
in carriage Immediately after shooting
Told him TO go home after Mrs Hamilton,
the Colonel was shot. First saw pistol shot
in top ri carriage next morning. Thinks
he told Vary s. xton about it. Never have
spoken to anybody about it. Never had
| time because put in all. Never mentioned
it because noae OF his business. Very
seldom mentions other peoples matters. He
didn't exami ne for it, saw it when busting
carriage. Never saw the pistol exhibited
before. Ii Hamilton had it on he didn't
see it. If pistol was put on so as TO expose
ivory handle he would have seen it.
Rose CLIFTON
Lives at first Louise abutting on north
side of Capitol street east of the bridge,
| about forty feet from end of plank walk:
was in her room in rear of residence nigh
of shooting. Her door fronts west. Could
not see the firing; could hear distinctly.
Heard two fires distinct and sharp and the
cry of murder one time. Only heard one
| time hollow murder. After shooting heard
/ knocking on bridge. Didn't see or hear
| any carriage cross bridge. When she went
to front gaze, Miss Lucy Cabaness and MIR.
Andrew Govan were standing there. Hack
| came over after firing Couldn't tell how
many shots fired, First shots quick to-
gether. Pistols didn't sound alike.
| Cross-Examined-Her room is next TO
kitchen, which is back of residence Vas
sitting near fire place with young girl,
| who was rubbing her shoulder.
S. e. BEDwELL,
of Yazoo City, testified Was in jackson
| night of killing attending U. s. Court as
| petit juror. Boarded at Lawrence House
Between half-past nine and ten o'clock
| walked up toward Capitol. Clear, moon
| light night. Stopped at northeast corner
| OF bridge, proper, and faced to north look
| ed back to see if any ladies we're approach
ing. Saw what he took to be a woman
about the middle of the street on the west
end of the bridge. He afterwards found it
to be man. Looking back he saw two
men coming up under the southern APP
proach and climbing up the bank and they |
came to about the center Of the bridge ana |
stopped; turned around and faced 10 the |
right and went east on northern side of
Capital street, and had gone perhaps about
one hundred ami fifty yards when he heard |
pistol shot and exclamation of pain or sur |
prise. Didn't think he was as far as oppO-
site post-otice till this morning, when he /
found that one hundred and fifty or TWO |
hundred yards put him there. There was
no volley but rapid fring-some nine
shots. The third shot seemed to be louder |
IL would have required two self-cockers to
have made the shots. Didn't hear anything |
else after shoOting-saw no carriage. Saw
no carriage about post-Ofice Immediately |
after shooting. Would have noticed car
riage. 1t is possible carriage may have |
passed him, not probable. Didn't know
how man in buster was dressed. The other
men had on dark C othes. Has examined |
where new earth is put on south of bridge,
and thinks that is about where men came
up. Noticed no one coming up street after
firing. Met no one after passing bridge
OIdn notice flashes of pistol. Saw Ham
ilton about front door of Lawrence House
before he left 1t, going towards door of sa-
loon. The train arrived just before he
started on walk or just after, couldn't re-
collect which.
examined-Reiterated former tes-
timony about seeing men on the bridge.
Couldn't say exactly where he was when he
heard the firing. Must have been nearly
opposite post-ofice. The firing sounded
more like firing by file of military COM
pany.
Re direct-Has been postmaster at Yazoo
City for number of years.
Miss Lucy CABINEss
lives at the place described by witness,
Rose Clifton. Heard the firing and between
the first and second shots heard the cry OF
murder; saw man run by In the middle of
the street who took the sidewalk just above
her house. She called to him but he did not
heed her. The firing was rapid. She stood
at the fence and saw no carriage pass. If
any had passed she could and would have
heard it and seen it, Mr.. Andrew Govan
joined her in the yard. He has a room at
her mothers house.
Gross examined-Stated it was possible
for a carriage to have passed without her
seeing it.
j. II. LEWIS,
Mississippian, raised in Kosciusko, head
quarters in New Orleans at A Union st. |
Vas about 100 feet east of east approach of |
bridge night of killing, going west; heard
shots fired, probably dozen. Immediately
following expression don't do that he
heard firing; saw three instantaneous flash
es. The cry came from the northwest COR
ner OF bridge; the three flashes seemed to
converge; hardly think it possible that they
could have come from the same pistol. The
first cry gave him the cold chills; the three
shots proceeded from the SOUTH side; saw
two men moving in a confused way from
the bridge; they hesitated, but finally came
of east; the one on the north side went
down the embankment and then came up
the sidewalk; lost sight of the other; the
one who went down the embankment on
the north side, Afterwards crossed the street
and got into the carriage in front of the
postotfice; the carriage had parallel seats,
with door in the back; he asked the
driver what shat was more than once, but
received no reply; couldn't say that Eu-
banks was the man who got into the car
riage; has made some observations about |
the bridge to-day; at the time of the shoot
ing saw no carriage leaving bridge think |
if one had passed he would have seen it.
Cross-exsmined-Wa in front of Mrs.
Cabaniss' house. (which has been pointed
out to him this morning), when the firing
commenced; when he saw the flashes he /
was some 800 feet further east; after shoot
ing met two CIR three men going west at the |
postoffice; positive he met no one going |
east; couldn't tell whether he backed from
his first position or if he was doing so the |
firing was continuing at intervals and il |
was not until he got to his second position |
that he saw the flashes. The firing had not |
ceased when he had spoken to the man in |
the earriage. When he received no reply |
from the carriage driver he became uneer- |
tain whether there was any one in the car |
rage; don know whether there was one or
two horses in the carriage or the color of |
the horse or horses didn't go diagonally to |
the postofice, but went to the corner and |
crossed over; didn't move up the street out |
of a walk; sells drugs for house in Peoria, |
Illinois.
Re-direct-Might have met a man before |
shooting; generally looks down when be
walks; has no definite idea about lapse of
time; was nearly opposite postoffice when
he spoke to man in hack; couldn't swear
that the hack was not on the bridge at time
of firing, but thinks he would have seen it
had il been there
Re-cross- examined-M Met Col Hamilton
or he was pointed out to him between the
postoffiee and the bridge after the shooting;
was standing near the head of the horses
when the man got into the carriage, which
was in front of the north entrance.
Court adjourned at lilo o'clock to 90 with
witness Lewis to where he stated he was
standing when shooting began and to fol-
low him through his testimony as he moves
from place to place.
| s O'CLOCK p. NJ
| The examination resumed. At the re-
quest of counsel for the defense, the pros
eeution suspended the examination of
States witnesses and permitted the exam
ination of DR.. S. e. Dunn, of Greenville, a
witness for the defence, who stated:
| Is a physician; has had experience in
gun-shot wounds. Heard that Hamilton
had received mortal wound; came down
to see him as q friend, was shown coat and
vest said TO have been worn by Hamilton